But that wasn’t the only notable news from Gifford today. He also announced that fans that attended Hammons Field games this past weekend raised several thousand dollars toward the relief efforts.

The amount? Roughly $8,000, Gifford noted in a text message.

That was on top of the Cardinals organization providing $25,000, with all the money going to the Convoy of Hope as the organization and thousands of other volunteers help Joplin, where a May 22 tornado killed more than 100 and left scores injured and homeless.

Miller (2009) and Cox (2010) were the St. Louis Cardinals’ recent top draft picks and joined Double-A Springfield during the recent homestand.

Jackson is a fifth-round pick from the University of Miami (Fla.), and Adams has emerged as an RBI machine (14 home runs, 43 RBIs) just two years after starring at NCAA D-I Slippery Rock University in western Pennsylvania.

The team had Tuesday off but is scheduled to depart later this afternoon for Texas, where the Cardinals have a six-game road trip through Corpus Christi and then San Antonio.

About Kary Booher

Kary Booher covers the Springfield Cardinals and small colleges for the News-Leader. A native of southern Kansas, he is a graduate (and former sports editor of student newspapers) of Cowley County (Kan.) Community College and Oklahoma State University. You also may have read his work on the sports pages in Topeka and Pittsburg in Kansas and Jackson, Tenn., or once saw him in his youth water-skiing on Table Rock Lake near the Kimberling City bridge.